Ford Motor Company Branch in Cambridge, Massachusetts, August 1, 1923

Summary

Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened regional assembly plants near major American cities. These plants allowed the company to better serve its customers. Ford opened its Cambridge, Massachusetts, plant -- serving the Boston area -- in 1914. Car-assembly operations moved to a new plant in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1926. The Cambridge plant later built Model AA trucks.

Starting in the early 1910s, Ford Motor Company opened regional assembly plants near major American cities. These plants allowed the company to better serve its customers. Ford opened its Cambridge, Massachusetts, plant -- serving the Boston area -- in 1914. Car-assembly operations moved to a new plant in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1926. The Cambridge plant later built Model AA trucks.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

01 August 1923

Subject Date

01 August 1923

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.35066

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in

Width: 11 in

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